On Wed, 8 Oct 2014 00:24:45 +0300 Andrei POPESCU <andreimpope...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Identify this desktop > > > > > > Is this possible? I can't find the action mentioned in the docs > > > (but I might be missing it) > > > > It exploits a mistake in Openbox. As far as I know, with Openbox you > > can't have a 2 dimensional grid of desktops the way you can in > > fvwm, so the "desktop up" command is useless and does nothing. > > Well, nothing except tell you the number of your current desktop. > > Which is quite useful. :-) > > Try again... > http://openbox.org/wiki/Help:FAQ#How_do_I_put_my_desktops_into_a_grid_layout_instead_of_a_single_row.3F Confirmed! I had been using Openbox without a "pager", and so got only one row of workspaces. I downloaded, compiled, and ran the 52 line "setlayout.c" program on the page you referenced, and was able to get a two dimensional array. Thanks for the info. Now I just need to decide whether having a 2D array of workspaces will benefit me. > > > > > > > Exec Dmenu > > > > > > Hmm? > > > > Yes. dmenu is the best, fastest, and most general way to execute GUI > > programs, or shellscripts that execute CLI programs in a GUI > > terminal. It makes xfce4-appfinder look like a 300 year old snail > > who must use a walker to get around. > > > > http://tools.suckless.org/dmenu/ > > But it's not a dependency (or even Recommends) of openbox, so I don't > see any reason to have default key bindings for it. Oh, I wasn't recommending a default keybinding. I was suggesting anyone who uses Openbox also install dmenu, and set a keybinding that's convenient to them. Openbox and dmenu are like apples and cinnamon: Good individually, spectacular together. > > > > > > > By default mouse only as far as I can tell. > > > > Yes, mouse only by default, and that's a shame, because > > client-list-combined-menu is by far the most valuable functionality > > built into Openbox. If dwm had this same functionality, I'd be > > using dwm today. Without this functionality in Openbox, I'd be > > using LXDE today. > > You lost me here... LXDE is using Openbox by default, even though it > doesn't Depends on it (but it does on obconf ;) Here's the logic: a) Without client-list-combined menu functionality, I'd need a taskbar to prevent my getting lost. b) If I must have a taskbar, I might as well use LXDE, which is a small, ultra-reliable taskbar type interface. I've added panels (taskbars) to Openbox, and it was kind of like bolting a drillpress to a car: it's messier than it's worth, and doesn't work all that well, and is rather memory consuming. Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt * http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20141007181428.19917...@mydesq2.domain.cxm
